Part of the fun of these is that the actual KFP merch is fuglier than a dog’s breakfast and duller than oatmeal. The mass-market line consists mostly of ittle hastily-painted PVC figures and weird plushes made from discarded parachute pants from the 80’s. Can the knockoffs really be worse than the official toys? The happy meal figures were sadly the most handsome playthings produced for this film.

As I only recently found some Mexican Pixar chalkware knocks and some beautifully grotesque Toy Story and Incredibles figures to add to my collection, I obviously would love to see some enthusiastic, imaginative bootlegs of KFP produced. Ugly is the new beautiful.

I can see the need for this, I’m in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada and I have not been able to find one KFP toy since opening day. I have been to every toy section in town, including Toys ‘R Us and no is carrying them. Even Wall-E toys are scarce and the selection most stores have is pitiful. It’s a sad day for toy lovers in Halifax.

But it was the same with Nightmare Before Christmas and Toy Story, as I recall. I guess here at the other end of the earth from L.A. we only get the crappy stuff.

Jason

So I’m not the only one unable to track down a decent-looking KFP plush. I have the panda toy McDonald’s was giving out, and was pretty surprised by how big the thing is. (It’s sitting on top of my computer module as I type this). But you’d think a big cuddly Po would be a huge seller and that toy stores and Dreamworks would be aware of this. Sometimes movie studios and merchandisers can be TOO cautious. Well, maybe if there’s a sequel we’ll get decent toys. Then again, it’s hard to find even a decent-looking Mickey Mouse plush, and trust me, I’ve looked – even at Walt Disney World!!!

someone mentioned above there seemed to be a lack of panda or wall-e merchandise.
i work at a video rental store and we have lots of wall-e stuff
including some stylized chibi-style plushies that we quickly ran out of
and we have large posters of wall-e and kungfupanda as well
lot of dark knight things as well, now of course